Archive for August 22, 2004
Pope announces return of Our Lady of Kazan icon to Russia this week
Before the Angelus yesterday, Pope John Paul II remarked that August is an important month for many Marian churches and... Read more
Hispanic Business Leaders and Bishops meet in Denver, commit to promoting Ecclesia in America
Hispanic business and community leaders met with regional bishops, including Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, at the St. Malo Conference... Read more
Use American talent to do business but bring in Faith, says Archbishop to Hispanic leaders
Archibishop Charles Chaput of Denver spoke to prominent Catholic businessmen on the relationship of the Christian with money at the... Read more
Russian Catholics hope to pray in front of icon of Our Lady of Kazan before it is handed over to Orthodox
Parishioners of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow have asked their Archbishop Mgr. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz about the possibility of praying... Read more
Liturgy is ‘a school for holiness’: Cardinal Sodano
The Eucharist leads the faithful to holiness and is the secret to the New Evangelization, said Angelo Cardinal Sodano, the... Read more
Kazan icon to be venerated before being given to Russian Church
In the few days before the Vatican’s icon of Our Lady of Kazan will make its way to Russia and... Read more
Expectation in Russia for return of Marian icon
Shortly after the papal announcement at Castelgandolfo regarding the return of an icon of Our Lady of Kazan to the... Read more
Ukrainian patriarch celebrates Ukrainian national holiday in upstate New York
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, patriarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, made a rare visit to Rochester and Irondequoit Aug. 21 to... Read more
Military chaplains keep ‘U.S. military machine running,’ says press report
Alongside U.S. troops, on a battlefield of intense bombing and gunfire, stands one unarmed man – a military chaplain –... Read more
Thirty-three parishes in Fargo to close by 2010
Thirty-three parishes in rural North Dakota will close within the next six years due a shift of the population to... Read more
Church is most trustworthy institution for most Nicaraguans
A national poll in Nicaragua has revealed that despite a general distrust of institutions, 70% of Nicaraguans consider the Catholic... Read more
Bishops of Dominican Republic call for support of new measures to confront country’s crisis
The President of the Bishops Conference of the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Ramon de la Rosa, called on the government to... Read more
